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Del Water Gap and Holly Humberstone Are So Close But So Far Away on ‘Cigarettes & Wine’

Del Water Gap and Holly Humberstone have teamed up for the new collaboration 'Cigarettes and Wine.'

Singer-songwriters Del Water Gap and Holly Humberstone have experienced first-hand the gravitational pull of oceans separating them from the people they want to be closest to — and they poured those memories into their latest single “Cigarettes & Wine.” The thematic thread of feeling pressure while being on the road showed up throughout that record, too, particularly on the Arlo Parks collaboration “Quilt of Steam.” The pair had been on tour together, both trying to hide their exhaustion and burnout from the other, before it was canceled. I was so tired.’ And I was like, ‘Dude, I was so tired.’ We had realized we were both lying to each other and trying to put on a brave face like ‘Oh, we’re so excited to be on tour,'” Del Water Gap told Rolling Stone last year.

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